On the Feeling of Compassion and the Construction of Mencius'Political Ethics
From the perspective of emotive virtue ethics,the"feeling of compassion"as the"beginning of benevo-lence"can be understood as a moral emotion.It is not a specific moral norm itself,but it can provide a standard forjudging the rationality of specific moral norms.With the help of some conclusions from moral psychology,the psychological mecha-nism in which the"feeling of compassion"is regarded as a moral standard can be discovered,and its dimensions of cogni-tion,evaluation,and intention also have the potential to guide moral practice.Mencius'political ethics starts with the con-cept of"compassion"and involves multiple levels such as people to people,people to society,and people to the state,presenting a characteristic of moving from emotions to reason and the unity of emotions and reason.And its cultivation theo-ries such as"not losing one's childlike heart"and"being sincere in the face of adversity"provide methods for cultivating people's inner virtues from the perspective of moral education,forming the internal level of its political ideology.Thus,Mencius'political ethics achieved the unity of internal and external transcendence.
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